Actually, the injuries of 'Old Bei Feng', Chang Shengli, and Gao San Yuan were only superficial wounds. The actual situation was not as exaggerated as it seemed. In addition, the medical conditions in this hospital were very good, and the money in the account was relatively sufficient, so the three of them could get out of bed and move around two days later. The first thing that the three of them did after they got out of bed was to press the dwarf man, Shen Dongsheng, who was arranged by Ma Jun to take care of them, onto the bed and beat him up. Shen Dongsheng screamed and scolded the three of them for being ungrateful.
A few days later, Jin Cuiping, the "silly woman" who had sent food to Old Bei Feng and the others, who could not stay in the hospital any longer, reported to Ma Jun that she strongly requested to be discharged. After Ma Jun asked Dean Smith for his opinion, he finally " graciously " allowed them to be discharged and go home to recuperate. When everyone gathered in the courtyard of Old Lady Zhao, Ma Jun held the first meeting of the Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Vanguard Association as the president. Except for Iron Hammer, who had to be on guard duty and didn't appear in the meeting room, all the members, including " Old Lady Zhao ", Tang Juwu, Chang Shengli, Gao Sanyuan," Mother and Son Shura " couple, and " Little Loli " Zhao Lizhi, attended the meeting. The meeting was hosted by the chairman, Ma Jun, and Zhao Lizhi was the secretary responsible for taking the minutes.
At the meeting, Ma Jun made an objective and detailed analysis of the current situation at home and abroad, pointing out that Japan's full-scale invasion of China was imminent, and there could be no illusions about the mediation of the Nine Nations Convention and the League of Nations. Everything depended on ourselves. Therefore, Ma Jun extended a warm welcome to Old Lady Zhao, who represented the Young Iron Blood Army, as well as several others, to join the Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Vanguard Association. At the same time, he made arrangements for their respective positions and work. Zhao Zhili was the secretary of the president of the Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Vanguard Association and the head of the information department.'Old North Wind' Zhang Haitian was the head of the Intelligence Department. Tang Ju was the Minister of Armed Forces, Zhao Dong was the Minister of External Relations, and Zhao Yu was the Minister of Foreign Affairs."Old Lady Zhao" served as a senior consultant for the Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Vanguard Association.
The 'mother and son Shura' couple followed Zhao Lingzhi as bodyguards and communicators. Chang Shengli and Gao Sanyuan became the right-hand men of Old North Wind Zhang Haitian, who was responsible for intelligence work. Tang Juwu had to wait for what Ma Jun thought was the " right time " before he could lead his troops out of seclusion and replace Zhao Dong as the military commander. The anxious Tang Juwu immediately asked when the " right time " was. Ma Jun smiled mysteriously and said,"General Tang, don't be impatient. Your biggest task now is to gather your old subordinates and recruit a new army. Also, they had to prepare to receive the 'student regiments', and train them into warriors who could fight and kill the enemy in the shortest time possible!”
Counting the days, it had been less than a year since the Lugouqiao Incident. This did not take into account the fact that what he had done in the past few months would affect the course of history. Therefore, Ma Jun needed Tang Juwu to do his best to gather an elite army that could fight and win in the shortest time possible to deal with local conflicts or even full-scale wars that could break out at any time. For this reason, Ma Jun's offer to join the "Anti-Japanese Vanguard Army" was quite generous: Recruits were paid 10 dollars a month, veterans 15 dollars a month; The treatment of the officers was much better than that of Old Jiang's Central Army. There was no need to mention the logistics support of the army. It required them to have meat to eat every day. The soldiers were trained to shoot at least five bullets a day. Just these few things alone were not something that any army in the country could do.
Tang Juwu went back to recruit soldiers in high spirits. Ma Jun then asked Zhao Lizhi to bring her two followers to the communications office of the 29th Division to learn how to receive and receive telegrams. For this purpose, he even specially asked them to send two advanced radio communicators to the 29th Division. Then, Ma Jun brought Old Bei Feng, Chang Shengli, and Gao Sanyuan to the warehouse. In front of them, he took out machine guns, cannons, and boxes of ammunition from his Universe Bag. In a short while, the originally empty warehouse was filled to the brim.
The three " special agents " who had been stunned by Ma Jun's " magic " from the beginning and had their brains short-circuited were still in a daze even after Ma Jun finished his work. Their first reaction when they heard Ma Jun call their names was that the three of them knelt in front of Ma Jun in unison and kowtowed like pounding garlic. This was the result that Ma Jun wanted. He knew that if he wanted to truly subdue these " proud soldiers and valiant generals ", money alone was not enough. He had to use both " grace and force ". He had to make them respect and fear him. Now, the performance of "Old North Wind", Chang Shengli, and Gao Sanyuan showed this point. This made Ma Jun very satisfied. He smiled and let the three of them stand up. He said to the three people who were still in a state of shock,"Big Brother Zhang, Big Brother Chang, Big Brother Gao, these are nothing. If we didn't have such abilities, how could we blow up the giant ships, rob the banks, and make the devils so terrified? Today, I want everyone to know my brother's secret. I want to tell my brothers that as long as we follow my brother and fight the Japanese, we will definitely win the final victory and live a happy and happy life.”
" Old Bei Feng " and the others who had already treated Ma Jun as a god who had descended to the mortal world did not dare to speak. They did not have the slightest doubt in Ma Jun's words. They kept saying " yes " and their bodies were bent like a big lobster.
Not long after, the warlords who had received Ma Jun's notice arrived one after another. Other than the few big shots from the 29th Division who came last time, there were also a few famous figures. The 37th Division Commander, Feng Zhi 'an, the 38th Division Commander, Zhang Zizhong, the 132nd Division Commander, Zhao Dengyu, and the 143rd Division Commander, Liu Ruming, were all famous generals in the war. Everyone was already familiar with General Zhao Dengyu. Other than him, the most famous person here was the commander of the 38th division, Zhang Zizhong.
Zhang Zizhong (August 11, 1891-May 16, 1940), the word Jinchen, later changed to Jinchen, Han nationality, Shandong Province Liaocheng City Linqing people. On January 10, 1933, the main force of the 29th Army was ordered to go to Tongzhou, Sanhe, Ji County, and Yutian from Yangquan, Shanxi Province. This was Zhang Zizhong's first time fighting against the Japanese army.
After the fall of Chengde on March 4, 1933, the 29th Army was ordered to go to Xifengkou to block the enemy, and the defense of Lengkou was handed over to the Shangzhen Department. On March 7, Zhang Zizhong and Feng Zhian arrived at Zunhua Santun Camp and fought fiercely with the Japanese army for seven days. The Japanese army could not win and turned their main attack direction to Luo Wenyu. Zhang Zizhong and Feng Zhi 'an transferred Liu Jingshan's 219th Regiment of the 37th Division and Qi Guangyuan's 228th Regiment of the 38th Division to Luo Wenyu under the command of Commander Liu Ruming. As a result of the battle, the Japanese army suffered another defeat and retreated in embarrassment. This was one of the few victories the Chinese army had achieved in the early days of the War of Resistance against Japan.
The Lugouqiao Incident broke out on July 7. At the time of the incident, Zhang Zizhong was bedridden in Peiping. Among the senior officials, only Qin Dechun, the chief of Peiping Shi, presided over the work. On the night of the 10th, the Japanese spy agency in Peiping, Matsui Taijiu Lang, and the Japanese army assistant military officer in Peiping, Imai Takeo, met with Zhang Zizhong and returned without success. During the peace negotiations between Jiang and the Tang Dynasty, the fishing circle of Pingjin once thought that Zhang Zizhong was a traitor. From then on, Zhang Zizhong had the determination to "prove his will with death".
In the Battle of Linyi in March 1938, Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 59th Army at that time, led the 59th Army to fight against the enemy for seven days and nights. He crushed the strategic attempt of the Japanese army to reinforce the front line of Taierzhuang and defeated the Japanese army's so-called Iron Army, which ensured the victory of the Battle of Taierzhuang.
In May 1939, the Chinese and Japanese armies launched a major confrontation in the northern part of Hubei-the Battle of Suizao. On May 10, Zhang Zizhong's troops annihilated the Japanese army's baggage troops in Dajiafan, west of Tianjiaji, forcing the Japanese army to give up crossing the river to attack Xiangyang (formerly Xiangfan).
In December 1939, Zhang Zizhong led the right-wing regiment to participate in the winter offensive. On December 12, Zhang Zizhong led the 38th Division to attack the Japanese army head-on and wiped out the 13rd Brigade of the 13th Division of the Japanese army. In early January, he cooperated with the 84th Army to stabilize the front line and launched a counterattack on February 14. This war was the only strategic offensive campaign launched by the front battlefield of the National Army during the Anti-Japanese War.
In May 1940, in order to control the traffic of the Yangtze River and cut off the transportation line to Chongqing, the Japanese army gathered 300,000 troops to launch the Battle of Zaoyi. On the 1st, Zhang Zizhong, the commander-in-chief of the 33rd Group Army and a lieutenant general of the Chinese National Party, personally announced to all troops and generals that they would go to war. At dawn on the 7th, Zhang Zizhong crossed the Xianghe River eastward and led his troops north. On the 14th, both sides encountered each other. On the 15th, Zhang Zizhong led more than 1500 people and was surrounded by nearly 6000 Japanese invaders in Gouyanli Village, north of the pumpkin shop. The fierce battle lasted until dawn on the 16th. Zhang Zizhong's troops were forced to retreat to the pumpkin shop's ten mile long mountain. Under the cover of aircraft and artillery, the Japanese army launched nine charges in a day and night. Zhang Zizhong's casualties rose sharply. On May 16, Zhang Zizhong shouted from morning to noon to supervise the battle. At noon, he was shot in the left arm and still insisted on commanding the battle. By 2 p. m., Zhang Zizhong only had a few hundred soldiers left. He transferred all his guards to the front to reinforce, leaving only senior staff officer Zhang Jing and adjutant Ma Xiaotang and other eight people. At 4:00 p. m. on May 16, Zhang Zizhong's troops were completely annihilated and Zhang Zizhong died in battle.
On the day of Zhang Zizhong's death (May 16, 1940), Huang Weigang, the commander of the 38th Division, led a suicide squad with a light machine gun to raid the pumpkin shop on the night of the 16th and bravely snatched back Zhang Zizhong's remains. The Japanese army ordered the bombing to stop, so as not to hurt Zhang Zizhong's body. On the morning of May 28,1940, when the coffin was transported to the Chaotian Gate Pier in Chongqing, Jiang Jieshi, Feng Yuxiang and other government and military officials wore black gauze on their arms, stood at the dock to welcome the spirit, and boarded the wheel to mourn around the coffin. When Jiang received it, he was on the ship holding the coffin and crying, so that everyone present was moved. When Jiang received the coffin, he personally helped the coffin and carried it up the stairs, escorting the coffin through the whole city of Chongqing. The National Government issued a state funeral order and issued the No. 1 Honor and Mourning Certificate. Zhang Zizhong's memorial tablet was placed in the Martyrs 'Temple, ranking first. On the afternoon of the 28th, Jiang then held a grand memorial ceremony for Zhang Zizhong at Chuqimen with important military and political officials and people from all walks of life.
Zhang Zizhong was only 49 years old when he died for his country. His wife, Ms. Li Minhui, died of hunger strike for seven days. The husband and wife were buried together at the foot of Meihua Mountain in Chongqing.
Looking at Zhang Zizhong, who was handsome, tall, and smiling, Ma Jun couldn't help but sigh. If the 29th Division hadn't been delusional and passive after the incident that day, why would so many battle-hardened and brave generals end up like this?
After introducing both parties, Xiao Zhenying pulled Ma Jun aside and whispered,"Chairman Ma, Commander Song heard that Chairman Ma was preparing to establish an anti-Japanese team and was very supportive. He agreed to let Chairman Ma continue to train the 'Student Region'.‘I hope that President Ma can treat him well and that President Ma can support and help our 29th Division in the future.”Ma Jun was overjoyed. Although all of this was within his expectations, he still couldn't help but feel excited when he heard Song Zheyuan agree to his conditions."Please thank Commander Song on my behalf. Don't worry, the purpose of the Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Vanguard Association's establishment of the Anti-Japanese Vanguard Army is to deal with the Japanese's upcoming full-scale invasion of China.‘The muzzle of the Anti-Japanese Vanguard Army will always be directed at the outside world, not the inside. The Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Vanguard Association will never become a domestic political force!”
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